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Luke 11:44 KJV
Luke · chapter 11 · verse 44
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.Luke 11:44 · King James Version
Luke 11:44 in context
42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
45Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
46And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hypocriteshypokritēsone who answers, an interpreter, an actor, stage player, a dissembler, pretender…G5273 →
- PhariseespharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- scribesgrammateusa clerk, scribe, esp.a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence…G1122 →
- gravesmnēmeionany visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing, a…G3419 →
- walkperipateōto walk, to make one s way, progress to make due use of opportunities, Hebrew for, to…G4043 →
- Woeouaialas, woeG3759 →
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Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Mt. 23); for what he said in public and private was of a piece.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 37-54